Crime in UP – Bahujan Samaj Partyhttp://news.bspindia.org
Sarvjan Hitay Sarvjan SukhayWed, 04 Jun 2014 10:46:43 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.9Dalit Doctor alleges he was beaten up by Mulayam’s brother-in-lawhttp://news.bspindia.org/uttar-pradesh/dalit-doctor-alleges-beaten-mulayams-brother-in-law/
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:16:36 +0000http://news.bspindia.org/?p=615A doctor here has alleged that he was beaten up by a relative of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his men over a trivial issue of vehicle parking.

Pawan Pratap Singh, a state government doctor, said he had parked his car last evening near the house of Mulayam’s brother-in-law Ajant Singh Yadav in the Friends Colony area.

Angry over it, Yadav, along with some other persons, not only beat him but also damaged his vehicle and broke its window panes, the doctor alleged.

Singh also alleged that the police was not registering his complaint over the matter, a charge refuted by officials.

SHO, Civil Lines police station, DK Sisodia said they have not received any complaint in this regard.

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Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:06:14 +0000http://news.bspindia.org/?p=575Asara village in Baghpat is marked by ripe green sugarcane fields. It is the season when discussions are usually about the price the government will announce. This time, elders have been negotiating the repatriation of relatives and other families who have arrived from elsewhere for shelter in the largest Muley Jat village in western UP

The unease here is not about “Jat vs Muslims” but about “Hindu Jats and Muley Jats”. And Asara has been working on a solution, even as the government struggles to find one for thousands others displaced in the region.
Friday the 13th saw the return home of nearly 4,000 people, also Muley Jats, who had come from villages such as Kirthal.

The Chaprauli MLA, Veerpal Rathi, and four-time MLA Kawkab Hamid got down to aggressive peacemaking. The fact that these Jats — Hindus and Muslims living cheek by jowl for centuries — could recall some old rishteydaari helped break the ice.

The meeting was held at the home of Master Akram, a respected former teacher at Asara Inter College, a school that dates back before Partition. Rathi and Hamid got together the men among the runaways, together with 30-odd zimmedars or responsible persons from Kirthal and Allam — Hindu pradhans, teachers and former headmen, and during their discussions over two hours convinced people to return.
“The Hindu and Muley (Muslim) Jats spoke in their common dialect and the brief initial lines made the point,” says a witness. “The runaways asked, ‘Tu hamara tau na lage hai? Kya hum tere bhanje-bhatije nahin? Tere kisi bete ne kaha ki tu apni gaal mein soyiyo, yahan nahin, kya yeh sahi hai? (Aren’t you our uncles and we your nephews? Your sons said we should sleep in our lanes, not yours. Was that right?’ [by indianexpress.com]
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SP and BJP MLAs come to blows in UP Assembly over Muzaffarnagar riotshttp://news.bspindia.org/uttar-pradesh/sp-bjp-mlas-blows-assembly-muzaffarnagar-riots/
Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:04:11 +0000http://news.bspindia.org/?p=571Members of the ruling Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday came to blows in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly after the House was adjourned over accusations on the recent Muzaffarangar riots which claimed 47 lives.

The House was adjourned for 25 minutes after the BJP raised a storm in response to senior minister Ambika Chaudhary making aggressive remarks against a party member, following which BJP and SP members, including Ministers, indulged in a free-for-all in the well of the House.

With the situation taking an ugly turn, Congress’ Pramod Tewari and Pradip Mathur helped by the marshals rushed to disentangle the members as tempers between the two sides ran high.

The problem started after Question Hour when Suresh Rana (BJP), whose name figured in the FIR lodged for giving provocative speech leading to Muzaffarnagar riots, was given a chance to give a clarification on the floor of the House.

Rana said he came to know about the FIR against him through the media and asked the government to examine the CD of the speech. He said he was ready to face the punishment if proved guilty and made a reference to involvement of some ruling party members, causing SP leaders to shout him down.

Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey asked him to confine himself to his clarification to which the BJP protested saying Parliamentary Affairs Minister Azam Khan was allowed to speak for an hour.

The BJP members barged into the well of the House shouting slogans against Khan and demanding adequate time for Rana to give his clarification, alleging discrimination. [By: indianexpress.com]
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Army pressed into service in Uttar Pradeshhttp://news.bspindia.org/uttar-pradesh/army-pressed-service-uttar-pradesh/
Mon, 09 Sep 2013 04:41:22 +0000http://news.bspindia.org/?p=512Additional Director-General of Police Rajkumar Vishwakarma said: “Half of the entire reserved force in the State [20 companies] has been deployed. We have also been provided with 15 Central Reserve Police Force and five Rapid Action Force companies. Besides, five companies of the Provisional Armed Constabulary have been pressed into service. Of the eight Army columns, five are engaged in the rural areas spread across 150 km.”

Tough situation

While a heavy police presence on Sunday ensured peace in the main city — where IBN7 reporter Rajesh Verma was shot dead by a rampaging mob near Khalapar after clashes broke out following the dispersal of the mahapanchayat on Saturday afternoon — security forces had a tough time controlling the situation in rural areas.

“It may take us at least a week to restore law and order in the villages which have a mixed population,” said Mr. Vishwakarma. Leaders of both the communities would be involved to defuse the tension.

Flag march

Meanwhile, with the other communally sensitive towns placed on high alert following Saturday’s clashes, the Army was called out in the neighbouring Shamli town and in Meerut.

A Home Department spokesman said the army staged a flag march in Meerut.

Since Saturday, the police have received over 25 reports of clashes in different parts of the district and among the worst affected villages are Kawal, Joli, Shahpur, Basi, Kutbi-Kutba and Bhora Kalan. Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from these villages on the second consecutive day with unconfirmed reports of deaths on both sides. The deterioration in the situation can be guaged from the fact that an army column was reportedly fired upon by some persons.

State Home Secretary, Kamal Saksena, told reporters that some persons on a tractor opened fire on the army personnel, who were evacuating people to safer places from the villages where they are in a minority.

“To evacuate people”

Mr. Saksena said the army personnel also opened fire, “but only to evacuate people from the villages”. The Home Secretary denied that any person was killed in army firing.

Passions have been running high in Muzaffarnagar ever since the August 27 incident.

“The local administration, which claims that they did not have enough force for deployment in the rural areas, are also to be blamed for the failure to contain violence. Had the intelligence mechanism tipped off the police in time, proper arrangements could have been made in time,” said Ashish, a resident. [The Hindu]
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Muzaffarnagar turns ghost town, locals blame Samajwadi Partyhttp://news.bspindia.org/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar-turns-ghost-town-locals-blame-samajwadi-party/
Mon, 09 Sep 2013 04:37:44 +0000http://news.bspindia.org/?p=509Densely populated Muzaffarnagar, best known for being a major sugarcane and jaggery production centre, has virtually turned into a ghost city since the imposition of indefinite curfew on Saturday night in its Nai Mandi, Shahar Kotwali and Civil Lines police station areas.

Fear-stricken residents in the city and its nearby 15 villages and townships such as Kutba Kutbi, Shahpur, Soram and Tawli kept indoors through the day, fearing another eruption of violence.

“If the authorities concerned do not bring the situation under control in a day or two and the curfew continues to be in force for a couple of more days, we’ll start facing an acute shortage of essential commodities such as milk, vegetables and other day-to-day items,” said social activist Veena Sharma (54) in Nai Mandi locality.

Many residents of Civil Lines and Nai Mandi areas blamed ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders and the authorities concerned for their failure to check the communal rioting. They accused the district authorities of acting at the behest of local SP leaders in failing to arrest the men who had hacked two youths — identified as Sachin and Gaurav — to death for allegedly harassing a girl from the minority community at Kawal village in the district on August 27.

“Had they acted impartially and arrested those responsible for killing the two youths, the situation could have been nipped in the bud,” said a 54-year-old retired degree college principal in the city.

Most residents in Shiv Chowk and Chappar areas accused senior district officials of playing into the hands of local SP leaders and compromising the law-and-order situation. They criticized the law-enforcing authorities for imposing a censorship of sorts on the media by not allowing the distribution of Delhi-based, regional and local newspapers in Muzaffarnagar city and elsewhere in the district to prevent readers from getting news about the riots.

“This is highly undemocratic and illegal on the part of the government,” said local BJP leader Mohan Pahal. “In a healthy democracy like ours, nobody can stop newspapers from being circulated in the district,” he added. [TOI]
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Muzaffarnagar frenzy toll rises to 27, U P governor BL Joshi blames state govt for failing to maintain peace in the statehttp://news.bspindia.org/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar-frenzy-toll-rises-27-governor-bl-joshi-blames-state-govt-failing-maintain-peace-state/
Mon, 09 Sep 2013 04:36:51 +0000http://news.bspindia.org/?p=507The spiral of violence triggered by killings last month spread to Muzaffarnagar’s far flung rural areas on Sunday, killing 16 more people, taking the number of those consumed by the conflagration to 27. With more than 40 people injured, many critically, the toll could increase, officials said.

Uttar Pradesh governor B L Joshi sent a report to centre on Muzaffarnagar violence. In his report Governor Joshi has reportedly blamed state govt for failing to maintain peace in state. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav intervened and held meeting with officers along with chief minister Akhilesh Singh Yadav.

The Army staged flag marches in several places in the district, and thousands of anti-riot police personnel were deployed to restore order, but the odds of patrolling outlying villages came in the way of controlling the frenzy until 2pm, by which time much blood was shed.

Among the worst-hit villages was Kutba, where four people were killed, with mobs setting a place of worship on fire and gutting several shops and vehicles, said the police. Thousands of people sought refuge in police stations while others hid in sugarcane fields and fighting pitched battles across Muzaffarnagar district, 130km from Delhi, on Sunday.

At least 52 people have been arrested for the clashes that have been brewing since a boy was killed by two brothers in Kawal village on August 27 after he allegedly tried to molest their sister.

‘Firing can be ordered to check riots’

In one place Army jawans were fired at after which the soldiers returned fire. UP home secretary Kamal Saxena said all directives have been given to control the violence. “If necessary, firing can be done,” he said. All entry points to Muzaffarnagar including UP-Uttarakhand borders have been sealed to prevent rioters and inciters from entering the district.

Intelligence inputs apprehend the possibility of violence spreading to Meerut, Ghaziabad and Saharanpur if unchecked, and the UP government has tightened security in these districts as also in Saharanpur and Bijnore after communal tension was reported from these districts. “We’ve asked officials to check rumor-mongering about communal incidents,” said a top administration official. [TOI]
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